HitTilt+ Leaderboard July 1st + DSL/CPX Leaderboard

I’ll post the leaderboard for both DSL/CPX and the rest of the minors below on two different Tableau dashboards

Here is the top 15 for DSL/CPX:

Milwaukee has 3 players in the top 15 and all three look like promising budding stars. Let me dial it down a notch before you drop someone in AA to pick up one of these guys because it’s a bit early to anoint them as future guarantees. However, it is fun to speculate. Luis Pena, Jesus Made, and Eric Bitonti are all off to promising starts, and if I had to bet on which one I think will take the lead going forward, it’s Jesus Made. I already posted about Made early into the DSL season and he’s done nothing but rake at the level. He’s getting rave reviews from everyone in the Brewers organization and he has a projectable and athletic frame which bodes well for both his power and speed potential. He’s also showing it, at the moment.

Robert Calaz needs no introduction. In fact, I mentioned him as a target in my DSL & CPX standouts and targets 4-part post this offseason. He’s destroying CPX level pitching and the exit velocity numbers are more than promising. He’s hitting the ball hard and in the air, and he’s running — which makes him a prime candidate to be a future star at Coors Field in the future. Here is what I wrote on Calaz in the offseason:

The third straight Rockies standout is Robert Calaz. These lists are in no order of rank because Calaz has the most potential out of any of the previously mentioned Rockies names. Maybe the most potential of any of the DSL standouts from last year.

Calaz was signed to a $1.7M signing bonus and was the prize of the Rockies 2023 international class. I don’t say this lightly, but there is superstar potential with Calaz. He’s already big and thick and has a ton of power to boot. There’s still some speed to go with it. He has future slugger written all over him and we just need to see his hit tool develop at the same pace. Let it be known that Calaz had a 90th percentile EV of 107.2 as a 17 year old. Bonkers.

Calaz manning an outfield spot at Coors is something to dream on. He can be a legitimate power threat on any team but this landing spot seems especially ripe. I’d be looking to get in as soon as possible before the helium takes off.

Yeremi Cabrera is someone I didn’t know what to make of coming into this season. All I knew was that last year may not have been a fluke. He’s proving it wasn’t with an even better showing this year at the CPX level. Here is what I wrote about Cabrera coming into the season:

We already went over Braylin Morel in part 1 and Yeremi Cabrera is just another name in the Texas Rangers system worth monitoring. While Morel was signed for less than 100K, Cabrera was signed for an even more modest 10K and both are looking like steals given their production at the level.

There’s no risk on Cabrera on the Rangers’ side, but from a fantasy perspective, he’s merely a close monitor at this stage.

Cabrera is listed at 5’11 155 and I’ve already mentioned how skeptical I am of these listings as he’s probably already had an offseason to add some thickness to his initial frame. Despite that, Cabrera hit 7 homers and stole 9 bases in 46 games last year. He slashed: .329/.445/.559 and walked more than he struck out. All good signs. He played above-average defense in the outfield and looks to stick at a corner spot. I think Cabrera brings an interesting blend of power, speed, projectability, and age-to-level production to the table that can’t go overlooked.

Let’s get to the rest of the affiliated minors. Here are the top 20 ranked by HitTilt+ as of July 1st: